Louisville, Kentucky, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Louisville right now
Updated
8 aircraft over Louisville right now; 1 aircraft low (1,600 ft) 14 km NNE Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 18:51 local (22:51 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Louisville: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 8 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 25
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 6
- Circling or loitering
- 1 last 20 min
- Next visible CSS pass
- 20:03 local time
Planes over Louisville right now
At 18:51 local (22:51 UTC), 25 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 8 of them within 25 km of the city centre. The closest is EJA991 (C68A), 14 km ENE at 5,225 ft.
By height: 10 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 7 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 8 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Louisville.
| Flight | Airline | Type | Altitude | Where | Heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJA991 | — | C68A | 5,225 ft | 14 km ENE | 317° NW |
| N148K | — | EFOX | 1,600 ft | 14.2 km NNE | 250° WSW |
| SWA1159 | Southwest Airlines | — | 2,650 ft | 15.1 km SSE | 164° SSE |
| RPA4668 | — | E75L | 15,725 ft | 16.1 km NE | 340° NNW |
| EDV4633 | — | CRJ9 | 34,000 ft | 16.5 km W | 196° SSW |
| SWA636 | Southwest Airlines | B38M | 28,900 ft | 19.7 km W | 132° SE |
| CXK1037 | — | PA44 | 1,300 ft | 20.6 km N | 187° S |
| 40015 | — | P28A | 2,600 ft | 23.7 km SE | 324° NW |
Helicopters, military and low planes over Louisville
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Louisville right now. If you can hear one, it may be a police or military helicopter that does not transmit ADS-B, or one outside receiver range at low altitude.
No military aircraft are showing within 60 km. Military jets often fly without broadcasting, so "none visible" does not mean none flying.
6 aircraft are below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: N148K 14 km NNE at 1,600 ft; CXK1037 21 km N at 1,300 ft; 40015 24 km SE at 2,600 ft; N210FN 26 km ESE at 1,500 ft; N43016 47 km SSE at 1,500 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
3 aircraft nearby use a privacy programme (PIA or LADD), so the owner asked for the identity to be hidden; the position is still shown.
Is a plane circling over Louisville?
N244VA (RV12, aircraft) is 55 km SSE at 1,250 ft. Over the last 10 minutes it has stayed within about 3.8 km of one spot.
Aircraft circle for many ordinary reasons: police or news helicopters watching an incident, holding patterns while waiting to land, aerial survey, flight training or photography.
How busy is the sky over Louisville?
With 8 aircraft within 25 km, Louisville is busier than every nearby large cities right now. The busiest nearby sky is over Lexington with 6 aircraft within 25 km.
There is no major hub airport within 150 km, so most aircraft here are overflights or regional and private flights.
- Planes over Lexington 6 aircraft now
- Planes over Lexington-Fayette 4 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Louisville tonight
1 visible pass of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:03 local time in the WSW, peaks 88° above the N horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 20:03 local visible, peak 88° N, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:40 local not visible, peak 44° N, 6 min
- HST · 21:50 local not visible, peak 15° SSE, 4 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 23:17 local not visible, peak 71° N, 6 min
- HST · 23:29 local not visible, peak 18° S, 5 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 00:55 local not visible, peak 25° SW, 5 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Louisville. For the exact aircraft above your street, open "What's overhead" and share your location: it lists every aircraft near you with the direction and angle to look.
Aircraft broadcast their position by ADS-B and volunteer receivers relay it. Small drones, most military aircraft on missions and some police aircraft do not broadcast, so they never appear on any public tracker. Drone sightings cannot be checked here.
Coverage: ADS-B from volunteer receivers. Within 60 km of a big city coverage is usually good above a few thousand feet; low helicopters can drop out between receivers. Circling detection uses positions sampled once a minute over the last 20 minutes.
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